CHARLIE ONION: THERE’S NOTHING MORE FUN THAN PLAYING COWBOYS AND INDIANS. COME ALONG WITH ME AND WATCH. MAYBE YOU CAN EVEN JOIN IN.

NESSA THE DINOSAUR: HI CHARLIE. ARE YOU READY TO PLAY?

CHARLIE ONION: YEAH, BUT I HAVE TO GET SPROUT. DO YOU HAVE SCOOTER?

NESSA: YOU BET. CAN’T PLAY COWBOYS AND INDIANS WITHOUT MY TRUSTED SCOUT.

CHARLIE ONION: SPROUT. YOU GOT THE HANDBOOK READY?

SPROUT: NO PROBLEM. ALL OF OWL’S TACTICS ARE RIGHT HERE. I’M A PREPARED SHERIFF, YESSIR.

CHARLIE ONION: GREAT.

(THE FIGHTING WAS FIERCE. THE INDIANS OVERRAN THE FORT, AND TODAY….CHARLIE ONION LOST)

CHARLIE ONION: THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL. YOU ALMOST CHOPPED OFF MY HEAD WITH YOUR TOMMYHAWK.

NESSA: I DID, DIDN’T I. I’M GETTING BETTER. YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THAT CHARLIE O.

SPROUT: YOU THINK SO?

NESSA: YOU WANT YOUR ONION TOP FRENCH FRIED?

SPROUT: OKAY. GOOD JOB, MY FRIEND. BUT WE’RE GOING TO BE BETTER PREPARED NEXT TIME.

NESSA: HOW’S THAT?

SPROUT: WE DIDN’T SPEND ENOUGH TIME IN THE OWL’S HANDBOOK, AND TALKING WITH THE GENERAL.

NESSA: GENERAL OWL?

SPROUT: YOU GOT IT.

CHARLIE ONION: IF WE SPENT TIME TO PREPARE, WE WOULD HAVE WON THIS BATTLE.

SPROUT: BUT THE BATTLES DON’T TELL THE WHOLE STORY.

CHARLIE ONION: THAT’S RIGHT. TO FOCUS ON THE BATTLE CAN BRING YOU DOWN. THE REAL STORY IS WHO WINS THE WAR.

SPROUT: YEAH. YOU GOT IT, CHARLIE. THE OWL ALWAYS WINS THE WAR.

CHARLIE ONION: WHEN OWL SAYS “IT IS FINISHED”, IT REALLY IS.

NESSA: WE’LL SEE, CHARLIE O.

SPROUT: CHARLIE’S RIGHT.

NESSA: WE’LL SEE, SPROUT.

SPROUT: TIME ALWAYS TELLS, DOESN’T IT.

CHARLIE ONION: THERE’S ENOUGH TIME IN THE LAND OF FOREVER.

SPROUT: SO TRUE. FOREVER IS A LONG TIME.

CHARLIE ONION: YOU HAVE TIME TO LOOK OVER SOME NEW BATTLE PLANS?

SPROUT: ALWAYS HAVE TIME. LET’S PLAN FOR NEXT TIME. I’LL MEET YOU AT THE OWL’S.

CHARLIE ONION: CATCH YOU LATER.

THE END OF “COWBOYS AND INDIANS”

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